NZ Skeptics Articles

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Lisa Ryan

5 articles

Lisa Ryan is an ex member of the NZ Skeptics committee, and a passionate activist.

Lisa Ryan
Martin Bridgstock

5 articles

Martin Bridgstock is a Senior Lecturer in the School of Biomolecular and Physical sciences at Griffith University in Brisbane, Australia. He runs the course Skepticism, Science and the Paranormal, and published the skeptical book Beyond Belief in 2009.

Martin Bridgstock
Michael Edmonds

5 articles

Michael Edmonds has spent the last decade as a chemistry lecturer, researcher, and more recently as manager of programmes at Christchurch Polytechnic Institute of Technology (CPIT). With a background in medicinal chemistry, Michael has a particular dislike for homeopathy and AIDS denialism.

Michael Edmonds
Peter Lange

5 articles

Peter lange is an award-winning New Zealand ceramicist.

Peter Lange
Russell Dear

5 articles

Russell Dear is a mathematics teacher and skeptic from Invercargill.

Russell Dear
Stuart Landsborough

5 articles

Stuart Landsborough is the founder of Stuart Landsborough's Puzzling World, in Wanaka. Information on his challenge to Sensing Murder is at www.psychicchallenge.co.nz/smc/index.html

Stuart Landsborough
Bob Metcalfe

4 articles

Bob Metcalfe is a teacher and skeptic from Wellington.

Christine Jaurigue

4 articles

Christine Jaurigue is a past editor of the NZ Skeptic. She has also been a teacher in Wellington, and was the news team editor for Atheist Alliance International.

Christine Jaurigue
David F. Marks

4 articles

David Marks was co-founder of the New Zealand Skeptics and is currently Professor of Psychology at City University, London.

David F. Marks
John Maindonald

4 articles

John Maindonald is a mathematician and computer scientist whose interests are statistical data analysis, the R statistical system, design and analysis of experiments, analysis of gene expression data and statistical computation.

John Maindonald
John Scott

4 articles

Professor Sir John Scott is President of the Royal Society of New Zealand and a professor at the Auckland School of Medicine.

Michael Shermer

4 articles

Skeptic magazine editor Michael Shermer is Director of the Skeptics Society (US) and adjunct assistant professor in the history of science at Occidental College (US).

Michael Shermer
Peter Clemerson

4 articles

Peter Clemerson has retired from a career in IT and is now studying for a PhD in Evolutionary Psychology at Massey University

Peter Clemerson
Tim Atkin

4 articles

Tim Atkin graduated from Victoria University with a BA in History and Chinese. He's considered himself a skeptic and humanist since 2010.

Tim Atkin
Feike de Bock

3 articles

Feike de Bock is a petroleum geologist experienced in dealing with oil diviners.

Gordon McLauchlan

3 articles

Gordon McLauchlan was a New Zealand writer and social historian. He became a popular media personality through his work on both television and radio.

Gordon McLauchlan
Louette McInnes

3 articles

After moving to New Zealand from the US in 1970, with a masters degree in chemistry, Louette McInnes taught science and maths at New Zealand high schools for more than 40 years.

Lynley Hood

3 articles

Lynley Hood is the author of A City Possessed, an investigation into the Satanic Panic inspired conviction of creche worker Peter Ellis, and the winner of the 2002 Montana Book Award.

Lynley Hood
Mark Maultby

3 articles

Mark Maultby is a property consultant and co-host of the Wilder People podcast.

Mark Maultby
Martin Craig

3 articles

Martin Craig is an investigative writer at the Consumer's Institute.

Michelle Coffey

3 articles

Michelle Coffey is a Wellington Registered Nurse and an ex-treasurer of the NZ Skeptics

Michelle Coffey
Mike Dickison

3 articles

Mike Dickison is a New Zealand museum curator and zoologist, and a well-known Wikipedia editor.

Mike Dickison
Noel Townsley

3 articles

Noel Townsley is a credit controller living in Auckland. He contracted a severe bout of skepticism in the late 1970s after watching a Uri Geller broadcast on television.

Noel Townsley
Paul Ashton

3 articles

Paul Ashton was a lecturer in the Department of Computer Science at the University of Canterbury from 1987 to 2000. Since 2000 he has been a software developer in Christchurch. He is also secretary of the NZ Skeptics.

Paul Ashton
Russell Tomes

3 articles

Russell Tomes was a longtime attendee of the Christchurch Skeptics in the Pub, and a member of the NZ Skeptics committee. He's possibly best-known for his driving license, which featured him with a colander on his head.

Russell Tomes
Alan Hart

2 articles

Alan Hart spent over 30 years doing biology research. The last 15 were spent developing assays of various kinds. He has an interest in the meaning and practice of biological measurement.

Alan Hart
Amanda Cropp

2 articles

Amanda Cropp has more than 30 years’ experience as a journalist working for news, lifestyle, and business publications and is currently the Christchurch business bureau chief for Fairfax Media.

Amanda Cropp
Barry Donovan

2 articles

Barry Donovan is an independent entomologist at the Canterbury Agriculture and Science Centre at Lincoln.

Barry Donovan
Bill Malcolm

2 articles

Brian Paavo

2 articles

Brian is the Academic Coordinator for Wanaka Helicopters.

Brian Paavo
Claire Le Couteur

2 articles

Claire Le Couteur is a past secretary of the New Zealand Skeptics. She has worked in science research, teaching and freelance writing, and gained a PhD in medical history.

Colin Gavaghan

2 articles

Dr Colin Gavaghan is an associate professor in the Faculty of Law, and Director of the New Zealand Law Foundation Centre for Law & Policy in Emerging Technologies, at the University of Otago.

Colin Gavaghan
Darcy Cowan

2 articles

Darcy Cowan lives in Hamilton, where he works at an enviromental chemical testing laboratory and writes the Scepticon blog.

Darcy Cowan
Dave Hill

2 articles

David Cole

2 articles

Prof. David Cole is a former Dean of the Medical School and while on the Medical Council investigated a number of aberrant doctors.

David Cole
David Mcloughlin

2 articles

David Shanks

2 articles

Donald Pettitt

2 articles

Donald Pettitt is manager of the Canterbury Men's Centre, Christchurch

Donald Pettitt
Geoff Mein

2 articles

Geoff Mein is a journalist and communications adviser with more than 30 years' experience.

Geoff Mein
Graeme Sharpe

2 articles

Graeme Sharpe is a consultant anaesthetist at Wellington Hospital, with a special interest in obstetric anaesthesia.

Greg Ansley

2 articles

Haze Usmar

2 articles

Howard Warner

2 articles

James Kerr

2 articles

James Kerr is an economist specialising in data analysis and modelling, with almost 20 years of experience in the Public Service.

James Kerr
James Randi

2 articles

James Randi was a Canadian-American stage magician, author, and scientific skeptic who extensively challenged paranormal and pseudoscientific claims. He was the co-founder of the Committee for Skeptical Inquiry (CSI), and founder of the James Randi Educational Foundation (JREF). Randi began his career as a magician under the stage name The Amazing Randi, and later chose to devote most of his time to investigating paranormal, occult, and supernatural claims.

James Randi
James Rusk

2 articles

Janelle Wallace

2 articles

Jeff Hampton

2 articles

John Thomas

2 articles

Louise Richardson

2 articles

Louise Richardson is a freelance Property/Lifestyle/Travel/Careers writer and content creator, and is an ex member of the NZ Skeptics committee.

Louise Richardson
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